Is there a good book that showcases engraved firearms? Not a how-to or a single mfr but just some eye-candy?

(BTW, there is an engraving of a elephant bluff-charging on (presumably) a DGR in my faintest memory but I can't remember the engraver's name or where I saw it. Ring a bell to anyone?)

Sorry for posting this here but but thought more might see it than in BOOKS...

See your post in gunsmithing.

Marco Nobili has authored several excellent engravig books. I recently bought one from Jeff's Outfitters.

Dave

Thanks guys.

Steve, look up a book called Steel Canvas. Cant think of the authors name, offhand,but he's the same guy who authored the recent book on Bill Ruger.Steel Canvas has it all.

Bravo

For a nice and changing look at good engraving, try a subscription to the Double Gun Journal. It's a handsom periodical that showcases some finely engraved firearms and you get to see new ones every couple of months. Not some flimsy magazine, but a well bound "book" with some work that will make a grown man drool.

Today I received my Safari Press Fathers Day 2004 catalog in the mail. On page 16 there are several books that might fill your bill. They have a website at www.safaripress.com.

Among the books on that page:
British Gun Engraving by Douglas Tate
Fine European Gunmakers by Marco Nobili
Gun Engraving by Christopher Austyn